Hi all! How was your week? Were you able to stick to your menu plan? I made all my planned recipes but I did have to switch a few days around. That’s the part I love about menu planning, it’s so flexible!

Today though I had a heck of a time coming up with my menu for some reason. Nothing was jumping out at me but I persevered and I think I’ve come up with some good selections. I’m going to try sweet potato fries again. From all the help you gave me a couple of weeks ago I realized I had definitely cooked mine too long last time. I now know cooking sweet potato fries too long will result in a soggy mess. I’ll let you know how they turn out this time around.

My favorite food by far has got to be wrap or tortilla anything. Last week’s Black Bean, Zucchini and Tomato Quesadillas were a big hit. I ended up just mashing the grated zucchini, beans and salsa together and cooking the quesadillas in the oven. You couldn’t even taste the zucchini. So yummy!

This is my first week of menu planning. I think that the half hour we devoted on Sunday evening to making up the plan will probably save me at least an hour or two during the week (and soooo much frustration)!! And I am hoping that it will save $$ at the market, since I will have a list based on what I plan to make, not a list based on what I “think” we will need.

Thank you so much for MPM. Some weeks I have no time to visit and others I do.

Seeing other peoples menues gives great ideas and inspiration for my own AND Even when I can’t blog hop, knowing that I need to link up helps me be accountable for actually making a menu. Even though mine isn’t always a frugal menu, it streamlines our home and blesses my family when we have some idea of what we are having to eat!

I have a request from you ladies, though. I’m trying to find healthy snacks that are easy and quick, and you can just grab. I don’t mind making them ahead and having them on hand. But anyone have any interesting suggestions? Let me know here!

I really need to learn how to make burgers, for some reason I cannot make them. The recipe you posted looks like a possibility! It would be so much cheaper to make them, rather than purchase them premade or worse, go out to eat! Toni

Awesome recipes… However i have one little tidbit for you that may help with the soggy fry’s !!!

Cook them in some H2O first then throw them in the oven, but keep an eye on them cause they wont need to be in the oven long! And you wont need to boil them long either. One other way is to fry them in just a little olive oil with so brown sugar and cinnamon!!!

Hope I did everything right (other than being a day late). It’s my first time participating, and I’ll probably be checking out lots of your blogs for more inspiration. I can see that my entrees are going to get old quick!